R.I.P. Leonard Stern, Inventor of Mad Libs

We don't normally obit every Hollywood vet who dies a peaceful death after a golden old age in the Hills, but Leonard Stern, who Deadline Hollywood reports died Tuesday at 88 years old, transcended the film/TV industry to bestow a gift upon humanity that deserves special memorial.

Stern, it turns out, was the brains behind the best thing to happen to second-grade "parts of speech" lessons (and the '90s in general) since Miss Honey's pencil skirt: mother-[expletive]-ing Mad Libs.

We tip our pencils today to one of the most [adjective] [plural noun] of our time. R.I.P. Leonard Stern. We're sorry you had to live to see Disney Club Penguin Mad Libs, but if it's any consolation, we the parts-of-speech fans are very much aware that "Loudy" isn't a noun, and will fill the blanks suchly.